Shoe-heel.



EJS. HELWITZ & A. LOBEL.

SHOE HEEL.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 11 1913.

1,], 34 33 Patented Apr. 6, 11915.

. l UNITED STATES PATENT @FFTGE.

ELLIS S. WITZ AND ARTE [UR LOBEL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SHOE-HEEL.

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Specification of- Letters Patent.

Patented Apro 6, 3519115.

Application fileddune 11, 1913. Serial Ito. 772,976.

To all whom it may concern Be it lmown that we, ELLIS S. Hnnwrrz and'AnrHme Leena, citizens of the United States, and residents of the borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, city and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful lmprovements in Shoe-Heels, of which the following is a description in such full, clear, and exact terms as will enable any person skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to an improvement in rubber heels for shoes and the object the invention is to provide a convenient and economical means of reversing or changing the position of the rubber heel so that as the same Wears down a new surface may be presented.

To this end our invention consists of cor tain novel features of construction which will be fully set forth hereinafter and particularly pointed out in the claim.

Reference is now had to the accompanying drawings in ivhich Figure 1 is a bottom view"of one form of the invention, Fig. 2 is a section thereof on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is a bottom view of another form of the invention, Fig. 4 is a section thereof on the line 4% of Fig.

* 3, Fig h is a bottom view of still another form of the invention, and Fig. 6 is a section on the line 66 of Fig. 1.

@ur invention may be made in various forms of construction and we are not limited to the precise forms here shown. These forms, however, do represent the preferred constructions and are thought to be suitable for all occasions.

Referring to Figs. l and 2, the rubber heel is formed in two sections a and h bycutting the heel on the curved line a so that thesection F) will be round. The part a is nailed to the heel of the shoe as indicated at o and the part b is furnished with a metal dish 25 embedded in the rubber to carry a screw d which extends into the leather heel and thereby mounts the part, I") so that by loosening the screw (1? said part may be freely turned. In this way when one side of the scribed is followed excepting that the points a of the section a are not furnished with springs to hold them in place but are rounded ed as shown in Fig. l.

According to the construction shown in Fig. 5 the parts a and b are provided as before, but the incision is not made clear through the heel but only partly through the heel leaving an extension a of the part a projecting over the rotating part 5. ln this case the fastenings a are put through not merely the part a; proper, but also through the part a of the part a. /V here they may be required the springs 6 may or may not be employed in the construction shown in Fig. 5, all of which must be in accordance with the desire of the manufacturer or user.

It will be seen that in all of the forms of my invention the distinct advantages provided allow the part b of the heel to be rotated so as to turn a new section into position whenever the heel is worn down. This will increase the life of the heel anywhere from four to sir: times the life of a heel of ordinary construction and the construction which we provide involves the use of no more material than the old construction. To adjust the heel it is only necessary to loosen the screw 05 and turn the section a after which the screw may be tightened to hold the section in place.

Various other advantages of the invention will be apparent. t will also be apparent that various modifications may be made in the invention without departing from the principles hereinafter set forth.

Having thus described our invention what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Fatent of the United States is A rubber heel for shoes having'a stationary part of rubber and a part arranged to mm EJhe stationary part having portions projecting fuherefrom and partially embracing the turning part and provided Wiih springs embedded therein so eonstrucuieel and 'yarranged as to tend to press the projeching portiens inte contact with the turning in testimony whereof We have her unte signed our names in the presence of awe wit messes.

ELLIS S, HEFLFWZST2?v ARTHUR LQBELQ Wifinesses:

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